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Guatemala 2016: August 8-9

There it was, that day again.

Waking up to an almost-packed room and finishing it up and hauling the suitcases down the stairs to the front hallway.

Sigh.

The cooks had made breakfast for us that morning - it was similar to last year's, with eggs, beans, bread, watermelon, and sweetbread. Afterwards we finally got a group photo - the rest of the week, since there were so many of us, it was hard to get us all together at once!

And finally, on to the airport. Thankfully, all four vehicles (we were all following the luggage truck, since he knew how to get there) stayed together and none of us got lost along the way. All of that "fun" airport stuff came next, and then we were on the plane. I had a fun seat again - sitting with Miranda and Kyle. When we landed in Houston, it began a very long and at times interesting adventure:

1) Almost first thing, while going through customs, we had to deal with a super-rude and incompetent lady. That was a mess.

2) As we were waiting in that customs forms line, we saw a girl ahead of us that had on one of those Guatemala sports jackets and Pierce had on one of their shirts, and she had literally the same haircut as him, only her hair was a smidge longer on the one side. It was so strange! Kyle creeped on her and took a couple of pictures to show Troy (Pierce's dad).

3) When we went through security, Kyle got flagged - we never did find out exactly why. He had touched the fireworks the night before, but he had taken a whole shower since, so one would think the residue had washed out - but who knows. He got thoroughly searched, and he told us he was so scared! Poor guy.

Also, we found out that our flight was delayed for quite a while. So we all hung out and chatted, played games, etc...and ate, of course, although that's another thing I don't like about American airports - the food is ridiculously expensive! Kristen, Miranda and I checked out almost every food venue to find the cheapest, and even that wasn't really cheap. But finally we started boarding. We landed back at BWI and the bus was there to pick us up, and off we went back to the church where we gathered our luggage, hugged, said our good-byes, and left for our houses.

I think this year's trip went faster than any week I've ever experienced.

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